Velocipede-horse.



. T. GOLDFEL.

VELOCWEDE HORSE. APPLICATION FILED IIIAII. 29. IeIlL IIENEwEI) APR. I8.$9.18.

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ABRAHAM T. GOLDFIELD, OF SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO SPRINGVALLEY WOOD PRODUCTS CORPORATION, OF SPRING VALLEY, NEW YORK, A

CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

VELOCIPEDE-HORSE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1918.

Application iled March 29, 1917, Serial No. 158,160. Renewed April 1S,1918. Serial No. 229,418.

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAHAM T. GOLD- FIELD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and resident of Spring Valley, in the county of Rockland andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVelocipede-Horses, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to toys and especially to velocipedes comprisingthe body of an animal, preferably a horse, on which the rider sits andhaving wheels at the lower ends of the legs, one wheel being providedwith suitable pedals by which the rider may propel the device, as willbe more fully described in the following specification, set forth in theclaims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the velocipede horse.

Fig. 2 is a sectional detail view of the steering spindle.

Fig. 3 is a similar vew of a modified form of steering spindle.

Fig. 4 is a front view of the steering fork and wheel.

The invention is designed to provide a toy horse or other animal uponwhose back a child may ride and which is mounted on wheels 5 at the rearand on a single steering wheel 6 at the front thereof. The wheels 5 aretwo in number and carried at the outer end of a. bar 7 which supportsthe rear legs 8 of the animal while the single steering wheel 6 isjournaled in a fork 9 comprising the front legs of the animal.

The fork 9 carries the shaft 10 of the steering wheel near its loweryends, suitable washers 11 being provided to space the wheel between thelegs while pedals 12 are secured to the outer ends of the shaft. Theupper end of the fork forms a v substantial bearing surface for thefront end 'of the animals body and has a socket 13 into Copies of thispatent may be obtained for same purpose.

formed about the spindle to be located in a recess 18 in the lower sideof the body 19 of the animal. A washer 20 is secured over the 'recess toretain the collar and act as a bearing for the upper end of the fork,its surface being eventually smoothed by continuous use and affording aready means for changing the course of the toy. The washer at the sametime confines the spindle to the opening 21 and prevents its droppingout while the pin 16 secures the fork in the proper place.

As will be seen in Fig. 3 a pin 22 may be substituted for the collar andanswers the It is obvious that the parts may be otherwise arranged ormodified without departing from the essential features above described.

The device affords a ready means for amusing and is of few andsubstantial parts which are not liable to be broken or put out of order.

What I claim as new is:

1. In a velooipede horse, the combination with the body of a toy horsehaving an opening with a recess at its lower end, of a cross bar andwheels supporting the rear of the horse, front legs comprising a fork, awheel in the fork, treadles for the latter wheel, a spindle having asteering cross bar and secured to the fork and playing in the opening,and retaining means for the spindle and located in the recess.

2. In a velocipede horse, the combination with the body thereof having avertical opening and a recess at the lower end of the .said opening, ofrear legs supported on wheels, front legs comprising a fork, a wheelwith .treadles in the fork, a bearing plate for the fork and coveringthe recess, a spindle passing through the opening and secured to thefork, a cross bar at the upper end of the spindle, and a disk on thespindle located in the recess and retaining the spindle in the body.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New Yorkthis 17th day of March A. D. 1917.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

